VP33.02: Comprehensive maternal and fetal hemodynamics assessed by cardiovascular MRI in a sheep model of late gestation maternal undernutrition

Preclinical studies suggest an association between poor maternal nutrition in late pregnancy and fetal cardiac remodelling, reduced cardiac function, and increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease in adulthood. However, it is not known whether alterations in cardiac function occur in fetal or postnatal life and simultaneous measures of maternal-fetal hemodynamics are lacking in this setting. Pregnant Merino single bearing ewes were...